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# Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Special Brooklyn Events
- URL: https://bklyner.com/celebrate-martin-luther-king-jr-day-with-special-brooklyn-events-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-01-17T22:15:35.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T04:50:33.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![Martin_Luther_King_Jr via the Library of Congress](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/778px-Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS_5-600x462.jpg)

This Monday, January 20 is [Martin Luther King Jr. Day](http://mlkday.gov/?ref=bklyner.com), which makes for [lots of city service suspensions and closures](http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/3581/martin-luther-king-jr-day-information?ref=bklyner.com)–but also some incredible Brooklyn events to honor a Civil Rights hero. Whether you’re celebrating this weekend or Monday itself, here are some worthy offerings close to home.

**[A Tribute to Martin Luther King at BAM](http://www.bam.org/programs/2014/tribute-to-mlk?ref=bklyner.com)**  
*Now until Monday, January 20*  
This year’s celebration of Dr. King includes presentations by [Medgar Evers College](http://www.mec.cuny.edu/?ref=bklyner.com) and [Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams](http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/?ref=bklyner.com), a screening of [Free Angela and All Political Prisoners](http://www.bam.org/film/2014/free-angela-davis-and-all-political-prisoners?ref=bklyner.com) and keynote address by [Angela Davis](http://www.biography.com/people/angela-davis-9267589?ref=bklyner.com) herself, modern jazz performances, and a [Picture the Dream](http://www.bam.org/visualart/2014/picture-the-dream?ref=bklyner.com) exhibition featuring work by NYCHA Saratoga Village Community Center students. BAM is located at 651 Fulton Street between Ashland and Rockwell Places.

**[Poetry Reading at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch](http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/events/arts-culture?ref=bklyner.com)**  
*Saturday, January 18 at 1pm*  
Kids and families are invited to join young poets and the Noel Pointer Foundation for readings in the Central Library’s (10 Grand Army Plaza) [Dweck Center](http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org//locations/central/dweck?ref=bklyner.com).

[**Three Days of Events at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum**](http://www.brooklynkids.org/index.php/visit/calendarofevents?ref=bklyner.com)  
*Saturday, January 18-Monday, January 20*  
From a celebratory march to collaborative crafts to a screening of [Our Friend, Martin](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248271/?ref=bklyner.com), the museum (145 Brooklyn Avenue between Prospect Place and Saint Marks Avenue) has a range of educational activities for kids of different ages to enjoy.

**[Community Conversations with Kids at the Lefferts Historic House](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/mlk-day?ref=bklyner.com)**  
*Monday, January 20 from 1-3pm*  
The [New York City Council for Humanities](http://www.nyhumanities.org/discussion%5Fgroups/community%5Fconversations/index.php?ref=bklyner.com) is sponsoring Community Conversations with Kids: A Conversation About Service and the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an event to discuss the themes of freedom, service, and democracy with elementary and middle school-aged children, as well as to read the award-winning [Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport](http://doreenrappaport.com/martins-big-words/?ref=bklyner.com). Map the Lefferts Historic House [here](http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/interactive-map?cat=most%5Fpopular%5Fdestinations&ll=40.664379,-73.963803&zoom=15&bid=lefferts&ref=bklyner.com).

**[Volunteering with the MLK Day of Service](http://mlkday.gov/serve/index.php?ref=bklyner.com)**  
*Monday, January 20*  
Inspired by Dr. King’s famous saying,”Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?'”, the [MLK Day of Service](http://mlkday.gov/serve/index.php?ref=bklyner.com) bills itself not as a “day off,” but as a day *on*. There are tons of opportunities to be found via the Day of Service site, including [these local ones](http://www.allforgood.org/volunteer/opportunities?distance=50&vol%5Floc=11226&category=MLK%20Day&submit=go&op=go&page=1&ref=bklyner.com) near zip code 11226.

*Photo via the [Library of Congress](http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c16775/?ref=bklyner.com)*